FIFA World Cup 2026 Results & Discussion Thread [R]

Nowadays, you have more than enough subs to bring fresh players and try to play the ball.

Cesc Fàbregas explains why he won’t substitute on a defender to preserve a 1-0 advantage. 🧠🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/tGEogz5xmj

— Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) July 16, 2026

He is the coach who didn't call neither of Palmer, Foden and Wharton.

 

Just wanted to add that Tuchel didn't call any of Palmer, Foden and Wharton.
He set up this England team to play like this like the previous coach. It is not like that they don't have technical players.

 

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: World Cup final tickets are going for their cheapest at $8,200. pic.twitter.com/CtLMBrAxSm

— The Touchline | 𝐓 (@TouchlineX) July 16, 2026

 

Thomas Muller and Iker basically calling the coach a coward too.

 

Argentina = Knicks

— Josh Hart (@joshhart) July 15, 2026

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Joe Hart: "Thomas Tuchel showed that he DIDN'T BELIEVE in his team after they went 1-0 up!"

— BBC pic.twitter.com/4a1XBIxE7h

— The Touchline | 𝐓 (@TouchlineX) July 15, 2026

 

No aprendió nada Tuchel. pic.twitter.com/wF1TZfFiKj

— MADRID URUGUAY🇺🇾 (@MadridRealUy) July 15, 2026

 

Tuchel also coached a team with infinitely more quality. Carlo didnt ask Bruno to miss a penalty or Endrick to miss a 1v1. And let's not pretend England's game against Norway wasn't full of controversy.

 

This is crazy destiny. Doubt anything like this has happened in sports at the highest level.

EVEN THE GREATEST SCRIPT WRITERS CANT MAKE A MOVIE LIKE THIS BUT ITS HAPPENING IN REAL LIFE 🤯

MESSI vs YAMAL IN A WORLD CUP FINAL..!!!! pic.twitter.com/J90ASuDlAD

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 15, 2026

 

Pass!

 

England have the quality to play their own football and beat Argentina who honestly havent looked good in ANY game this tournamnet. This was a weak game make no mistake. Brazil have no quality lets not get hung up on their name.

 

Everyone in English football pouncing on Tuchel now. They were waiting for this moment when he left out some big names. Carra proclaimed Foden as the next Zidane before his 007 Euros and Tuchel didn't even call him lol.

Losing to Argentina is more damning on Tuchel than defeat v Croatia/Italy/Spain are on Southgate.
Those three nations were better than England, Argentina were not.

But they looked it after Tuchel’s change to a back five, we hired him to do the opposite.

https://t.co/69YFuWBIN0

— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) July 16, 2026

 

With all these late comebacks Argentina reminds me of Real Madrid. They have to win this at this point. I'm not rooting for anyone on the final tbh I only care about my national team but with what's happening they might as well win the whole thing and Messi will go down as the undisputed, undeniable goat and I never thought I'd say that.

 

Konsa was the one tasked with crossing in the end. Unbelievable that Trent wasn't on that plane lol

 

There was a lot of arrogance from European pundits and players after 2018 World Cup. European teams had won 4 World Cups in a row, there was no semi finalists from South America in 2018.

Mbappe belittling South American football caused a lot of outrage there. Argentina winning back to back which hasn't happened since 1958, 62 Brazilian teams would make all that European arrogance look silly.

 

England should go all in after Pep. Throw everything at him to manage their team.

 

Bad news for Trent. He was already dropped in Tuchel's first call up which was soon after his league winning season with Pool. Strong sign that Tuchel doesn't like that style of FB.

Foden, Cole Palmer etc could get back in the mix if they perform well at club level.